Dr. Lars Krause has been part of nova for five years, he is senior expert in nova’s technology & markets department and leading expert in the field of advanced recycling for sourcing renewable carbon as feedstock for the chemicals and materials industry. He is the program manager of nova’s Advanced Recycling Conference and the main author of nova’s comprehensive market report “Mapping of Advanced Plastic Waste Recycling Technologies and their Global Capacities” which was published in early 2024. In the same year he managed several due diligence audits for different advanced recycling technologies. Lars leads a working group on recycling in the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) which published a Position Paper on Chemical and Physical Recycling in 2024.
Beyond advanced recycling he has an equally strong expertise in the field of biorefineries proven by the execution of a new study on forest-based biorefineries commissioned by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (Cepi) in late 2024. As leader he successfully implemented a technology database in the Tech4Biowaste project funded by CBEJU which also included an extensive mapping of technologies that are being utilised in biorefineries.
At nova his responsibilities include the monitoring of feedstock, technologies, and innovations, he holds a certificate as quality management representative from the TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH and is part of nova’s quality management team.
Lars holds a PhD from the RWTH Aachen, where he focused on colloidal and environmental chemistry. In addition to his academic education, he gathered several years of industrial experience in project management, scientific research, and technology at companies in various sectors including aerospace, crop science, and ecotoxicology.
Being a technology enthusiast, Lars also transfers his expertise into his private life, where in his spare time he enjoys collecting and restoring electronic hardware.
Source
nova-Institute, press release, 2023-05-17.
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nova-Institut GmbH
Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH)
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